CHINESE
HAVING
TROUBLE
SHANGHAI
A
clash
of
two
central
Chinese
armies,
one
Rfd
unit,
is
reported
here
today.
Arrest
of
the
commander
tl
tbe
Red
unit
was
ordered
and
he
will
be
court-martialled.
huniklnr,
provisional
Chinese
capital,
admitted
there
had
been
trouble
within
the
regular
Chinese
forces.
NO
DEMAND
BY
CHURCHILL
WASHINGTON
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
today
(fnied
a
charge
by
Senator
Burton
K.
Wheeler
that
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
Great
Britain
had
demanded
ihtt
United
States
declare
war
on
Germany.
Some
senators
hire
expressed
themselves
as
in
favor
of
an
outright
declar
ation
of
war
by
the
United
Slates.
KNUDSEN
BEFORE
COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON
William
S.
Knudsen,
chairman
of
defence
production
co-ordination,
told
the
foreign
relations
committee
Itodiythat
it
would
be
months,
probably
the-Utter
part
of
1911,.
before
irms
and
munitions
could
be
provided
in
any
great
qnntl'j
to
Great
Britain
unless
they
were
taken
out
of
present
(production
facilities.
There
were
estimates
that
aid
to
Great
IBrlUln
would
cost
United
States
$",'000,000,000.
R.A.F.
ACTIVE
LONDON
The
Air
.Ministry
announced
today
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
had
machine-gunned
and
bombed
Axis
shipping
Of
the
Netherlands
coast
yesterday,
scoring
direct
hits
on
four
iblps.
One
was
left
sinking
with
only
its
stern
protruding
above
the
water
and
another
listing.
Despite
bad
weather
British
plants
attacked
Brest
and
Cherbourg
and
two
airdromes
last
night,
all
planes
returning
safely.
2200
Yor
Inspection
is
InvitcJ
ITALIANS'
SHIPS
ARE
d
fst
Over
$5,000,000
of
Bonds
Financed,
Hon.
John
Hart
Announces
From
Toronto
I
oday
VICTORIA,
January
18.
Hon.
John
Hart,
Minister
Finance,
who
is
in
Toronto
today
enroute
home
from
tevva,
announced
the
successful
marketing
of
an
issue
55,051,000
of
Province
of
British
Columbia
four
per
cent
nds
through
a
syndicate
headed
bv
A.
E.
Ames
and
Co.
mited
and
Mills
Spence
and
Co.
Limited
and
consisting
"ooa-aundy
and
Co.,
ueu-uou-
pk
and
Co.,
Dominion
Securities
mlted
and
McLeod,
Young,
Weir
H
Co.
ThJe
million
or
this
loan
is
for
funding
maturlUes
of
last
March
ld
two
million
is
for
capital
cx-'"Mures
and
road
surfacing.
'
e
success
ot
the
loan
reflects
'nigh
standing
of
British
Colum-a
credit
and
the
careful
manage-ei
Blvcn
by
Mr.
Hart
to
the
pro-
F8
finances
during
very
dlf-
rut
umes.
Ystrday'g
Circulation
of
the
Dally
News
HARDPREST
J
Roosevelt
of
the
United
States,
who
.
was
also
In
attendance
at
the
gath-I
erlng,
"we
will
require
from
the
United
States
weapons,
ships
and
air-i
planes
in
far
greater
numbers
than
!
we
will
be
able
to
pay
for
if
we
are
1
to
hold
for
the
United
States
and
the
rest
of
the
world
the
front
line
Secretary
of
War
Stimson
and
Secretary
of
Navy
Knox
Do
Not
Mince
Matters
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
18.
Appearing
before
the
congressional
foreign
relations
committee
in
support
of
the
"lease-lend"
aid
to
Britain
measure,
Secretary
of
War
Stimson
and
Secretary
of
the
Navy
Knox
yesterday
agreed
that,
the
next
ninety
days
would
probably
see
the
crisis
In
the
war
for
Great
Britain.
Knox
said
that
It
would
take
United
States
six
years
to
provide
herself
with
a
two-ocean
navy.
Only
the
British
fleet
would
give
United
States
that
time
and
"they
need
our
help
to
survive."
He
thought
the
Germans
might
attempt
a
combined
submarine
and
air
attack
upon
Great
Britain.
He
praised
the
British
for
.their
endurance
under
stress
and
endurance
which
he
believed
Germans
would
be
unable
to
match
when
their
turn
came,
William
S.
Knudsen,
defence
co-
Two
Troopships
Are
Sunk
in
mm-,
dmaUon
producti0n
chief,
ap-
atic
by
Naval
Action
ATHENS,
Jan.
18.-
Two.
Italian
troopships
have
been
torpedoed
and
sunk
in
the
Adriatic
Sea.
Both
were
trie
victims
of
British
naval
the
15,000
ton
Lld-ura,
craft,
One
was
the
other
the
20,000
ton
Lombard
-
fi!-V
'
pears
before
the
committee
today.
FOOD
SHORTAGE
BELGRADE
Southeastern
European
countries
are
facing
a
more
serious
food
shortage
and
Germany
and
Italy
are
blamed.
In
the
most
of
,
these
countries
only
black
bread
is
now
available.
.
i
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA-
B.C.
'
J
;.
:&J
War
News
lie
mm
Tomorrow
sTEjes
v
High
5:20-aan.
20.1
ft.
17:50
pia.
17.7
ft.
Low
11:50
ajn.
6.3
ft.
CONSCRIPT
ALL
MAN
POWER
LONDON
Ht.
Hon.
Ernest
Kevin
announrrri
in4
ti.
m
British
manpower
will
be
mobilized
on
a
compulsory
basis
r
..
-1
i
n.tnii.
...hi
i
.
or
national
uc
nunuuncea
nionaay.
ITA
oLANES
CLEANED
OUT
CAHl'
t'a
;i
Of.
Africa
for
a
distance
500
miles
west
If
Alexandria
'
'ear
of
Italian
warplanes.
it
was
jnnouncf
d
today.
t
$
4f'
ist
al"
Held
Is
in
operation
L,t
0f
Derna,
175
mi.
-r
-jyptian
frontier.
The
loval
Air
Force
has
made
U
-n
Bengazi,
Bomba
and
berna
na
iana
1UCC5
c
b"w
neir
grip
on
roDruk.
DAYTIME
AIR
RAIDS
LONDON
For
the
first
time
in
days,
London
had
a
day-
Itht
air
alarm
today.
It
came
at
3:30
p.m.
and
was
followed
L
(We
bombs
being
dropped
on
a
residential
area.
On
the
east
Last
a
Henkel
bomber
during
the
day
machine-gunned
a
train.
tneroy
planes
were
over
the
bast
Midlands
during
the
day.
NEW
POSITIONS
TAKEN
ATHENS
New
fortified
positions
in
Albania
have
been
tptured
from
the
Italians,
it
was
announced
today.
IMPORTANT
DEVELOPMENTS
DUE
BERLIN
Important
diplomatic
developments
over
the
loming
week-end
will
coincide
with
the
inaugural
speech
of
president
rranniin
u.
iiooseveit
on
Monday.
H
is
suggested
here.
the
surprise
speech
of
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
at
lilasiiow
last
night
is
described
as
window
dressing
for
Harry
Hopkins,
rresiaent
liooseveirs
personal
envoy
to
Britain,
and
as
part
of
President
Itoosevelts
program
to
stampede
Congress
into
tiding
Britain.
Secretaries
Stimson
and
Knox
are
described
as
Roosevelt's
war
puppets.
FRENCH
SHIPS
FLEE
TOKYO
Dome!
News
Agency
says
that
a
French
Indo-
rhint
war
squadron
was
defeated
and
put
to
flight
by
Siamese
Ihlps
and
pUnes
in
a
battle
in
the
Gulf
of
Siam.
Vol.
XXX..
N67157
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
B
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
FRlN'CERTJPERTyB.q;SATURDAVrJAUARYWlMX
Momentous
Week
Prime
Minister
Churchill
States
Situation
Plainly
In
Asking
American
Help
GLASGOW,
January
18.
"Great
Britain
will
fight.
to
the
finish,
firpnt.
Britain
will
fio4if
tn
virrrrv"
rWlafJ
ed
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
in
a
surprise
soeechi
j
about
to
face
Harry
Hopkins,
personal
envoy
of
president;
INTERNEE
CAPTURED
I
of
civilization
against
Adolf
Hitler's
.
..
'
v.n.
ne
Pnsoner
From
Northern
On-1
"We
do
not
require
large
armies
from
abroad."
deelarpri
Mr.
rtmrrh.
:
road
but
the
Prime
Minister
was
confident
of
an
ultimate
complete
;
and
decisive
victory
over
the
forces
jof
evil.
'
If
Hitler
had
found
invasion
of
England
difficult
tm
July
and
Sep
tember,
he
would
not
find
It
easier
in
March,
April
or
May,
declared
Mr.
Churchill
who,
however,
warned
that
"the
price
of
safety
is
eternal
vigilance."
"My
one
aim
is
to
extirpate
Hit-lerism
from
Europe,"
the
Prime
Minister
reiterated.
He
asked
to
be
excused
from
discussing
post-war
conditions.
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair
expressed
confidence
that
by
the
end
of
1941
the
road
to
victory
would
be
clear.
The
Prime
Minister,
Mr.
Hopkins
tario
Camp
is
lie-taken
Another
J
&uii
At
Large
111
"but
we
will
require
In
1941
large
'
I
quantities
of
weapons,
ships
and
FORT
WILLIAM,
January
18;.
I
airplanes."
(Canadian
Press)
Police
today
i
1
Great
Britain
would
pay
for
all
announced
capture
cf
Bruno
Sch-f
the
Instrument
of
war
which
she
walger
shortly
after
-
his
escape
!
could
but
she
would
require
a
great
with
another
German
prisoner
:
deal
more
than
she
would
be
able
hem
a
northwestern
Ontario
in-!to
pay
for.
He
made
a
stirring
ap-
ternment
camp.
'
;
i
peal
for
all
possible
aid
from
United
The
other
prisoner
who
escaped
.
States.
frcm
the
camp
duringf
the
'
night
l
Mr.
Churchill
said
that
year
of
ErJck
Weiser,
aged
31.
who.
is(
terrible
characteristics
might
f3ce
still
tt
large.
Britons
in
1941
but,
"whatever
the
Schwaiger
was
arrested
by
a
cost,
we
shall
not
fail
mankind,"
constable
from
a
description
furn-.
,
he
asserted.
It
might
be
a
long
kned
by
internment
of
finals.
'
,
r..
.
j
AGED
WOMAN'S
COURAGE
LONDON
Mrs,
Lillian
Hall,
99.
who
knew
Florence
Nightingale,
refuses"
to
be
"driven
-from
'her
home
by
German
bombers
even
though
it
is
partially
wrecked.
During
a
raid
an
incendiary
bomb
fell
in
the
second
floor.
She
went
upstairs
and
extinguished
it
with
her
own
hands
by
means
of
water
and
sand.:
and
party
had
spent
the
day
inspecting
industries,
defences-
and
air
raid
precautions
of
Glasgow
and
the
Clyde
area.
They
were
greeted
by
cheering
crowds.
Radio
Trouble
Investigation
To
Take
Place
1
j
5.
C.
Bond
Issue
Is
Floated
h
S
I
i.
A
I
uccessrul
Marketing
re
r
...
t
Tl
.
VJr
Decurmes
or
!
nis
Pi
A
rovincc
nnounce
MUST
HELP
GT.
BRITAIN
I
Minister
Orders
Inspector
to
be!
Sent
to
Prince
Rupert
at
Earliest
Opportunity
Since
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.
for
Skeena,
returned
from
the
souUi
hei
met
the
radio
committee
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
and,
as
a
result,
he
sent
a1
wire
to
the
Minister
of
Transport
telling
him
reception
conditions
were
very
bad
in
Prince
Rupert
and
asking
that
steps
be
taken
to
allevi-
j
ate
them.
!
A
reply
was
received
from
Hon.
t
P.
J.
A.
Cardln
stating
that
h
had
wired
the
superintendent
at
Victoria
Instructing
him
to
send
an
inspector
to
Prince
Rupert
at
the
earliest
possible
date.
Mr.
Hanson
has
also
been
busy
taking
up
with
the
government
de-
DENT
ROOSEVELT
EXPECTED
IN
INAUGUR
AL
SPEECH
MUSSOLINI
AND
HITLER
GETTING
TOGETHER
With.
the
foreign
relations
committee
of
the
United
States
Congress
proceeding
with
consideration
of
the
"'ease-lend"
all
aid
to
Britain
plan
and
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
due
to
make
important
announcements
as
to
aims
and
policies
in
his
inaugural
speech
on
Monday
while
diplomatic
quarters
in
Berne,
Switzerland,
hear
reports
of
a
full
dress
conference
scheduled
for
Sunday
between
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
of
Germany
and
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
of
Italy
together
with
their
principal
military
and
economic
aides,
the
forthcoming
week-end
gives
indications
of
producing
developments
of
more
than
usual
significance
in
the
international
situation
and
the
war.
At
Washington
today
President
Roosevelt
was
in
conference
with
his
board
of
editors
putting
final
touches
to
the
inaugural
speech
on
Monday
in
which
the
chief
executive
of
the
United
States
will
chart
the
hopes
and
objectives
of
his
third
term
administration.
The
speech
will
be
broadcast
to
the
world.
Meanwhile
the
battle
oyer
the
"leate-lend"
bill
proceeds
in
the
congressional
foreign
relations
committee
with
adminis--tration
leaders
pressing
for
its
early
and
uncon':
ditionnl
passage
while
Senator
Burton
K.
Wheeler,
isolationist
leader,
continues
the
campaign
against
it.
Although
the
meeting
of
Hitler
and
Mussolini
will,
it
is
generally
believed,
take
place
at
Brennero.
Italy,
some
sources
suggest
that
Mussolini
may
this
time
go
to
German
territory.
It
is
stated
that
Ihe
conference
will
be
concerned
mainly
wUh
German
aid
to
Italy
in
the
Greek
and
North
African
wars.
For
some
time
it
has
been
suggested
that
important
developments
in
connection
with
the
Axis
campaign
might
be
made
to
coincide
with
the
inauguration
of
President
Roosevelt.
From
Belgrade
come
reports
of
intensive
German
air
force
preparations
at
more
than
a
dozen
large
landing
fields
in
southern
Rumania,
this
leading
to
predictions
today
that
the
Nazis
may
be
arranging
hopping
off
places
for
new
action
in
the
Mediterranean
area.
Although
less
than
one
hundred
Nazi
planes
are
now
believed
stationed
in
Rumania,
thousands
of
ground
crew
men
are
stationed
there
and
more
are
arriving
daily.
The
British
Broadcasting
.
Corporation
quotes
a
Lyon,
France,
source,
as
saying
that
the
entire
Italian
railway
system
has
been
placed
at
the
disposal
of
general
staff
for
troop
transport.
Thousands
of
German
troops
are
reported
to
be
training
on
the
sands
of
East
Prussia
in
preparation,
it
is
suggested,
for
participation
in
support
of
Italy
in
the
African
campaign.
NO
HEART
i
WEATHER
TO
FIGHT
Italian
Soldiers
in
Albania
Appear
to
be
Glad
They
Were
Captured
ATHENS,
Jan.
18.
Young
Italian
fighters,
taken
prisoner
in
the
Bat-j
To
nf
AlKani-i
tPll
nit
fnl
Rtirlcs
nf
partment
the
matter
of
fishing
boat
arduous
experiences
in
a
war
for
reglstraUon.
Local
fishing
boats
which
they
had
neither
heart
nor
do
not
comply
with
the
law
In
some
stomach.
Most
of
them
in
their
LONDON,
Jan.
IS
COLD
Air
War
Between
Germany
and
Italy
is
Accordingly
Held
to
Minimum
weather
with
icy
wind
held
tke
op
posing
forces
In
the
air
war
down
PRICE:
5
CENTS.
d
Momentous
Developments
In
International
Situation
Within
Next
Few
Days
Foreseen
I
at
Glasgow
last
night
before
a
gathering
of
van-orkers.
.
I
XTXTTTXT,,tc,XTfrc3
vnni
mivci
m
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FROM
PRESI-
"But."
said
Mr.
Churrhill
as
rf
wheeled
rlrnmntiValUf
IMPORTANT
Bulletins
QUEBEC
CROSSING
tKASlI
LONGUUEIL,
Quebec
Provincial
police
are
guarding
a
Canadian
National
Railways
crossing
near
here
where
a
bus
and
a
suburban
train
collided
early
today.
It
is
said
seven
men
were
killed
and
more
than
twenty
injured
in
the
crash.
Officers
at
the
Montreal
morgue,
however
said
that
only
five
deaths
had
been
reported
to
them.
All
the
dead
and
seriously
injured
were
on
a
bus
taking
workmen
from
Montreal
to
St.
Hubert
airport.
MENDOZA
HALTED
BUENOS
AIRES
The
French
freighter
Mendoza,
which
has
been
trying
to
get
through
the
blockade
to
France,
is
reliably
reported
to
have
been
halted
and
probably
seized
by
the
British
warship
Asturias
off
the
Brazilian
coast.
HERRIDGE'S
SUGGESTION
OTTAWA
Hon.
W.D.
Herrldge
on
his
return
to
Ottawa,
suggests
that
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
paya
visit-to
England
to
see
at
first
hand
what
is
going
on
in
the
war.
COMMUNISTS
IMPRISONED
VICTORIA
Robert
and
Henry
Mezgahr,
brothers,
were
each
,
sentenced
to
nine
months
yes-
terday
for
having
communistic
:
literature.
Roy
Mezgahr
and
Mrs.
1
Robert
Mezgahr
were
dismissed.
CHAPLAINS
HOME
OTTAWA
Honorary
Colonels
Wells
and
Nelligan,
chief
chaplains
of
the
Canadian
Active
Ser-
vice
Force,
are
back
from
Eng-.
land.
Both
speak
highly
of
the
I
morale
and
condition
of
the
Ca-
nadian
forces.
MORE
NURSES
NEEDED
LONDON
Rt.
Hon,
Malcolm
MacDonald.
minister
of
health,
makes
an
appeal
for
nurses.
"Fever"
as
well
as
"fire"
fighters
are
needed,
he
declares.
.
H-MJ5.
MALAYA
HIT
-BERLIN
German
quarters
claim
that
the
31,000-ton
British
battleship
HJNI.S.
Malaya
has
been
hit
in
a
bombing
attack
in
the
Mediterranean.
(There
is
no
confirmation
from
the
British
Admiralty).
FOUR
SUFFOCATED
KINGSTON,
Ont.
Mrs.
Phillip
Stevenson
and
two
children
and
Miss
Marjorie
Kelly
were
suffocated
to
death
early
today
when
fire
destroyed
a
two-storey
dwelling
here.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
'continues
low
off
the
Queen
Char-ilotte
Islands
and
relatively
high
,
east
of
the
Canadian
Rockies.
The
'weather
continues
mild
and
Wintry
'settled
throughout
British
'Colum
bia
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
tn
o
lofira
flvfanf
4i,t4nn
lift
n
(
rrVi
V
tw.1.
i
i.
1U
1
-
pr.fllle
hut
tVinw
hava
hpon
fr'viri
.iMi
tn.ftntlac
tViov
(Mirco
(ho
worl
"
.
.
nun,
uu
.
u
'
y.Z
,
V
7
CV
b.
nevertheless,
blows
were
struck
setUed
and
mild
with
rain,
given
that,
for
the
present,
no:
let
them
get
caught
in
a
Greek
trap.
change
will
be
made.
In
the
meantime
at
least
one
license
has
been
held
up
and.
the
matter
is
now
being
investigated.
NO
GAS
RATIONING
OTTAWA
There
Is
little
likelihood
of
gasoline
ationlng
in
Canada,
it
is
officially
stated.
Circumstances
have
not
yet
ar-
the
Greek
counter-Invasion
of
Al?
Icbh'
...1.1.L
.
I
1
-
I
i
J
!
.
'
1
I
vn
mm
u
wuuia
iirvrssuaie
H.
utuua.
They
appear
to
be
glad
that
fight
ing
Is
over
and
that
they
are
in
Greek
prison
camps
where
they
have
not
been
treated
badly.
The
Greeks
today
claimed
capture
of
1000
men
of
the
famous
Italian
"Wolves
cf
Tuscany"
regiment.
New
gains
have
been
made
lrl
by
either
side.
There
were
a
few
enemy
blitz
raiders
over
Wales
and
West
England
but
their
attacks
soon
petered
out.
Swansea
In
Wales
was
subjected
to
a
brief
but
damaging
raid.
There
were
a
number
of
fires
and
some
casualties.
London
was
free
of
alarms
until
after
midnight
when
there
was
a
brief
alert.
-
The
Royal
Air
Force
attacked
Brest
and
Cherbourg
and
airdromes
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh-to
strong
southeast
winds
shifting
to
south,
unsettled
and
mild
with
rain.
in
occupied
France,
all
ships
returning
safely.
During
yesterday
British
planes
machine-gunned
and
bombed
Axis
shipping
off
the
Netherlands
coast,
leaving
one
ship
sinklhg
and
three
'
listing.
.
'
;
All
British
planes
returned
safely.
A